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DST acquires State Street’s risk management unit Askari
DST International, the software arm of US investment management services provider DTI Systems, has acquired State Street’s risk management software arm Askari for an undisclosed sum.
EIB to outsource derivatives collateral management
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the financing institution of the European Union, is set to outsource its derivatives collateral management activities to Dutch bank ABN Amro.
Extreme Outsourcing
"Lift-out" outsourcing projects by major institutional firms prime the pump for the rest of the industry.
Taiwan to launch first ETF
The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) has granted a licence to asset management company State Street Global Advisors and Taiwanese securities firm Polaris International Securities Investment Trust to launch the country's first exchange-traded fund (ETF). The…
TradeWeb and Charles River partner for fixed-income product
Massachusetts-based trading systems vendor Charles River Development (CRD) and TradeWeb, a New Jersey-based fixed-income trading platform provider, have teamed to offer buy-side firms a fixed-income, straight-through processing (STP) service spanning the…
Multi-bank FX platforms double market share in last six months
Online multi-bank foreign exchange trading platforms have doubled their market share in the last six months, according to Justyn Trenner, chief executive officer of London-based research and analysis company ClientKnowledge.
Basel II will lead to more instability, critic argues
LONDON - The Basel II bank capital accord will result in more banking instability and more pro-cyclicality, where bank actions taken in response to solvency rules reinforce economic and market cycles, a leading critic of the accord said in October.
Riskmetrics aims for hedge funds
Peter Davies, recently appointed vice-chairman of New York-based risk management vendor Riskmetrics, has said the alternative investment industry - specifically hedge funds and funds of funds - is an area of focus for the company.
Budgeting for 2003
Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and State Street outline how next year's budget will be spent. For starters, it will be spent cautiously.
Currency overlay set to hit $500 billion
Currency overlay, the management of currency exposures in an investment portfolio separate from underlying asset exposures, is set to become a $500 billion dollar industry within the next three years, according to Piero Overmars, Dutch bank ABN Amro’s…
SunGard coup for FXConnect
State Street Corporation is due to announce this week that it has secured a coveted deal with the treasury software unit of Pennsylvania-based technology company SunGard.
SSgA may implement genetic programming investment model
The investment committee of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), manager of $770 billion in assets, will decide on October 16 whether to implement an investment model derived from genetic programming exercises to its $390 million emerging market equities…
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